Summer Lee is the first black woman elected to represent the Pittsburgh region in the state legislature. And she wants to set the record straight on the confluence of factors eating her constituents alive.
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The Welfare Boogeyman | The New York Times
The Trump administration wants to rebrand social programs that millions of Americans rely on as “welfare.” Will we fall for it?
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The Democratic Party Apologizes to Black Voters | The Atlantic
The DNC’s bid to energize African American turnout this fall began with these words from Chairman Tom Perez in Atlanta: “I am sorry.”
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Rightwing rally cancelled as Maxine Waters supporters stand guard | The Guardian
Many gathered outside the congresswoman’s LA office where an Oath Keepers demonstration had been planned.
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The Districts Are Mostly White. The Candidates Are Not. | The New York Times
A decade after the election of America’s first black president, Ms. Underwood and several other African-American, Hispanic and minority candidates for Congress are facing a major test this fall: whether they can win in districts where white voters make up the majority of the electorate.
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Mayor of a Pittsburgh suburb asked police to hose down protesters with water cannons | CNN
A Pennsylvania mayor is apologizing for posting Facebook images urging police to “bring the hoses” against protesters and blast them with water cannons, evoking images of the civil rights era.
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Police Killings Have Harmed Mental Health in Black Communities, Study Finds | The New York Times
Activists for racial justice have long expressed concern that the rash of headline-grabbing police killings of black Americans was damaging the mental well-being of African-American communities.
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Hidden portraits: rare photos of African American life get a spotlight | The Guardian
At a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art studio portraits of anonymous black Americans give a rarely seen view of life at a time of change
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D.C. on ‘Cusp’ of Gold Standard for Health | The Washington Informer
The District has again earned a citation as one of America’s healthiest cities.
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How Philadelphia closed homeless ‘heroin camps’ amid US opioid crisis | The Guardian
As the epidemic moves to cities, evictions at site raise concern over loss of community and shortage of alternative housing
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